Do YOU Have the Gift of... Tongs?

How are you with sushi?

Master Kwan Ming Ong, I have only acquired the bamboo rolling mat but have yet to make the attempt.

It's not really that hard. I was surprised how easy it was.

Hey Everyone,

In the hustle and bustle of everyday life, messages will be flashing across my phone screen, or I'll be scrolling through posts, trying to catch up, but my head can't quite keep up the pace.

At best, I'm able to catch part of a message in a way that makes sense.

But then other times... My brain likes to make up its own interpretation, and there's no telling what will come from that!

Such was the case yesterday when I was trying to catch up on threads, and instead of "The Gift of Tongues" (which is something perpetually debated about in the forums,) my brain read it instead as, "The Gift of TONGS."

Needless to say, I had a hearty laugh at my own ineptitude.

And so I thought this might be a fun question to ask...

1. Have YOU been bestowed with the Gift of Tongs?

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2. If so, what do you use them for?

I use mine for all kinds of various kitchen tasks, including fishing out spaghetti from a frying pan (thanks to a YouTube gimmick where you boil the water in a frying pan, which is super easy and much faster when cooking for one.) The tongs then save me from having to try to carry a frying pan full of boiling water to the sink.

I recently bought a silicone-tipped pair to use in my air fryer, but unfortunately, they don't them to be nearly as "grippy" or useful.

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3. What are some of your other favorite kitchen implements, and why are they your favorites?

My current favorite kitchen tool is a combination spatula/spoon -- it doesn't stick to anything, it's just the right size for stirring, and easily scoops or scrapes things out of most any pot or pan.

This isn't the exact one I have, as they don't seem to make my exact model anymore (story of my life!), and finding a replacement has been a challenge (all the others I've found are too flimsy to stir with, don't have a deep enough scoop, etc.)

But the hunt will go on!

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How about you?

Tell us about your own experience with The Gift of Tongs (and do you have other uses for them other than the kitchen?)

If not, tell us about some of the other small tools and gadgets you find handy and why -- because I'm sure their uses are open to all kinds of "interpretations."

To be honest, I was sure someone would tell me this thread was heathen or at the very least, that I was being disrespectful.

Life is hard and we're all trying our best to follow where He leads.

I'm just especially thankful for those who don't mind having a laugh or two while doing so. ❤️

I've always been one for baking
I'm not the grilling kind
Cakes and pies and breads and stuff
That's how I unwind
But when this brother takes the grill
And fills the place with smoke
Magic starts to happen there
This dude ain't no joke

He's got the gift of tongs
He's got the gift of tongs
When this brother's at the grill
You know nothing can go wrong
He's got the gift of tongs


From hot dogs and burgers
To cutlets and fillets
From fish to beef to chicken
This man sure does have his ways
He always knows just when it's done
It's never raw or dry
And when he slaps it on the grill
Just listen to it fry!


He's got the gift of tongs
He's got the gift of tongs
Friendships may not have to have it
But we sure do get along
He's got the gift of tongs

BRIDGE
He never overseasons
He always cleans the grill
And if there's any left-overs
Don't get in my way!
I know that doesn't even rhyme, but seriously... I'm getting the leftovers. Do not question this. You will lose.


He's got the gift of tongs
He's got the gift of tongs
When cakes and pies have puttered out
His grill's still going strong
He's got the gift of tongs

So, I use to really love smoking hookah tobacco. I actually wouldn’t mind smoking it right now but it’s been almost 7 years since I last smoked it. But anyways, I would heat up the coals that you put on top of the holey tin foil, that covers the wet tobacco that is in like bowl at the top of the hookah and I would use kitchen tongs because I would always lose the coal tongs. i don’t have the gift of tongues, which is a lesser gift but I do have the gift of Tongs, which is probably a greater gift because the gift of tongues doesn’t edify the church, it edifies yourself but the gift of the Tongs make for a good buzz, that I actually don’t get addicted to.

This sounds like the kinda tongs I'd like to try out. Funnily enough, I have a small hookah that I've never used.

Nice, if anything that I wouldn’t mind doing again, it would smoking hookah. I never had a problem with it.

I'm not opposed. I'm not sure why I haven't tried it I had gotten some sisha and charcoal, but the charcoal was too big for my small hookah. For some reason, I never got around to working around that.

they have smaller self lighting coals that I usually get. All you do is light a side and it’ll spark. Then the sparks will travel from one side of the coal and wrap around the whole thing. Back in like 2011/2012, I was like a hookah connoisseu. I’d go to the smoke shop every Friday after work and buy a new flavor to try for the week.

You are getting me interesting in hookahs again. The store that I got the charcoal and sisha from didn't have small coals. I though maybe I could break my large coals into bits and try that. I just never got around to. Unfortunately, I think my hookah went down in the fire (the storage building where all my stuff was stored from when I moved from my apartment burned down).
You have such interesting experiences!

I'm sorry that that happened. One time we had a giant storage filled with all of our belongings from childhood. My mom couldn’t afford it and it got auctioned off. I probably had every ninja turtle and g.i. Joe figure ever made in the 80s and early 90s. It really sucks losing things like that. My mom reacted like she did when my grandmother passed away. It didn’t really bother me but I was more concerned with my mothers emotions.

big coals are fine too. You can always break them apart. They just take sooo long to burn all the way through but they make the hookah taste better than the instant coals.

That's terrible! I am sorry about your mother's distress and about all the nostalgic things you lost! The first movie I went to see in the theater was Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990).
I had put the stuff I moved from my apartment into dad's storage shed. It caught fire in the spring of 2022. It seemed like every fireman in town was in the yard and every firetruck was surrounding the yard. I had some fireworks in there that were going off!
I tried to look at it in a positive light, like maybe the Lord was preparing me for a new path in life without all that stuff.

That is how I see things when they are sold, lost or stolen. That’s just kind of the name of the game with the lord. The whole out with the old, in with the new. Renewing of the mind, Leaving the past behind, etc. It’s not like we needed all that stuff but I think when we lost all of that, that Is when my mother started hoarding things. Little by little her room is becoming less and less but it has taken a decade just to start going through my grandmothers and great grandmothers clothes. My mom usually spends time in her room, playing what I like to call “mom games”. Which are mostly colorful gem games on her phone.

I was obsessed with ninja turtles as a kid. I modeled for an advertisement agency when I was a child. In the ad, I played a rich spoiled kid named Chadwick, who wore like a boating outfi, a giant colorful lollipop and a ninja turtle smile.

That is how I see things when they are sold, lost or stolen. That’s just kind of the name of the game with the lord. The whole out with the old, in with the new. Renewing of the mind, Leaving the past behind, etc. It’s not like we needed all that stuff but I think when we lost all of that, that Is when my mother started hoarding things. Little by little her room is becoming less and less but it has taken a decade just to start going through my grandmothers and great grandmothers clothes. My mom usually spends time in her room, playing what I like to call “mom games”. Which are mostly colorful gem games on her phone.

I was obsessed with ninja turtles as a kid. I modeled for an advertisement agency when I was a child. In the ad, I played a rich spoiled kid named Chadwick, who wore like a boating outfi, a giant colorful lollipop and a ninja turtle smile.

Dad had so much stuff. So, though a lot of my stuff is gone due to the fire, now I have to deal with dad's stuff. Unfortunately, there are too many times when I don't know what something is. For example, there are various gun parts and tools that I have no idea what they are or what to do with them. I could probably open a gun parts and tool store...if I knew what all this stuff is.

I feel so out of touch with people today. I don't even know what colorful gem games are

Colorful gem games are there for people who need a dopamine hit most likely


More fascinating experiences.

pretty soon I’m going to have no more fascinating experiences to share unless I start repeating myself but I’m pretty sure more and more events will come up.